Lots of ac­tiv­ity in Foothills; cou­ple of fit­ness busi­nesses open

Sev­eral read­ers have been ask­ing about the ac­tiv­ity at the old Par­rish’s Bar and Grill and want to know when the restau­rant will re­open. I now have the an­swer.

It will be open­ing in about a month or so, how­ever, it will be as a whole new restau­rant. Sis­ters Maria Ste­fanakos, He­lene Ste­fanakos and Loula Ste­fanakos have taken over the space and will be open­ing Wheezy’s Restau­rant and Sports Bar, 11732 S. For­tuna Road, in about a month.

Maria said that her sis­ter Loula brought back some good ideas from Den­ver, Colo., and the new restau­rant and sports bar will have an “in­dus­tri­al­type ‘70s vin­tage sports feel.”

Wheezy’s will have more tele­vi­sions for watch­ing foot­ball, fights and all kinds of games than any­one else in the Foothills. It will also have a “great view­ing area and pa­tio” with sec­tion­als and in­door/out­door bar.

“We want to bring some­thing new and fresh to Yuma and the Foothills, some­thing for ev­ery­one,” Maria said.

The Ste­fanakos sis­ters will con­tinue to op­er­ate their other restau­rant, Foothills Eatery, 12871 S. Frontage Road. They bought the prop­erty last year. It opened on Fri­day, and it’s ready to wel­come back cus­tomers. *** Maria Al­man-Doten and her hus­band, Gene Doten, have had Doten Photography for more than 20 years, pho­tograph­ing Yuma fam­i­lies and wed­dings, how­ever, they re­cently opened a new event venue, Stu­dio 102.